D'Oyly Carte: Correspondence and Papers Concerning The Mikado (1)
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and notes concerning The Mikado, including information about costumes, movements, scenery and set designs, performance and copyrights, props, notable performances and casting.
D'Oyly Carte: Correspondence and Papers Concerning The Gondoliers (1)
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning productions of The Gondoliers. The file includes the cast list for the 1963/1964 season, and a number of newspaper cuttings. Some letters written in French.
D'Oyly Carte: UK Tours 1967, 1968, 1979-80, 2000-02
Scope & Content:
(1). 'Touring Comparisons'. Tables comparing 'gross', 'share' and 'profit' for performances at several UK venues for the years 1967 and 1968. Also, Box Office Comparison tables for 2000-2002. (2). Requirements (lighting and staffing) for UK Tour 1979/80. (3). Final programmes for 1979/80 Tour....
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Press Cuttings for Gilbert and Sullivan Royal Mail Stamp Issue
Scope & Content:
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Arthur Sullivan, a set of Royal Mail stamps, issued 21 July 1992. Five stamps featuring characters from Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: The Gilbert & Sullivan Operas Illustrated (1932-33 Season)
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Two copies of The Gilbert & Sullivan Operas Illustrated: A Pictorial Record of the 1932-1933 Season. Published by The Sphere, 346, Strand, London. Sepia photographs throughout. One of the copies includes an insert stating 'From the Estate of Eveline Thomas (2007)', and also includes two add...
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Eleanor Lord Lewis, Thesis on W. S. Gilbert
Scope & Content:
Eleanor Lord Lewis, 'W. S. Gilbert, A Comic Opera Librettist Who Seems Uniquely Immune to the Passage of Time'. Carbon copy of typed thesis, Vassar College, 1937. Title-page, pp. 1-68, and Bibliography.
Four re-bound copies of the libretto (Chappell & Co.), three of which are annotated. Two copies are marked 'Stage Manager' and 'St[age Manager]'on the front cover, and a third annotated copy was formerly used by Leslie Rands (ownership signature).